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St. Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2024-03-24
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St. Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (623) 486-8665
  • Street Address:

  • 7950 W. Pinnacle Peak Rd.

  • Peoria, AZ 85383


Contact Information



Services Schedule

Matins:  8:45 a.m.

Liturgy:  10:00 a.m.


Past Bulletins


Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the First Tone

O Savior, Your tomb was sealed by the Jews with a stone. Soldiers kept watch over Your sacred body. Yet, You rose on the third day, giving life to the world. Wherefore the powers of heaven cried out to You, O Giver of Life, “Glory to Your resurrection, O Christ, glory to Your Kingdom, glory to Your dispensation who alone are the Loving One.”

Apolytikion for Sun. of Orthodoxy in the Second Tone

Your pure and holy image we honor Gracious Lord, entreating the forgiveness of all of our faults, O Christ our God: for of your own free will you deigned to mount in the flesh upon the cross, to deliver your creation from Satan’s servitude. Thus with grateful hearts we proclaim to you, “You have, O Savior, filled the universe with gladness by your appearing to redeem humankind.”

Hymn of St. Haralambos in the Fourth Tone

O wise Haralambos, you were proven an unshakable pillar of the Church of Christ; an ever-shining lamp of the universe. You shone in the world by your martyrdom. You delivered us from the moonless night of idolatry O blessed one. Wherefore, boldly intercede to Christ that we may be saved.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Eighth Tone

Mighty Defender and Commander, I, your city sing hymns of thanksgiving for the victory ascribed to you. From all terrors, have you rescued me, Theotokos. I entreat you, for your power is invincible from all dangers that may threaten me, deliver me, that I may cry to you: "Hail to you, O Ever-Virgin Bride!"
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Saints and Feasts

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March 24

Sunday of Orthodoxy

For more than one hundred years the Church of Christ was troubled by the persecution of the Iconoclasts of evil belief, beginning in the reign of Leo the Isaurian (717-741) and ending in the reign of Theophilus (829-842). After Theophilus's death, his widow the Empress Theodora (celebrated Feb. 11), together with the Patriarch Methodius (June 14), established Orthodoxy anew. This ever-memorable Queen venerated the icon of the Mother of God in the presence of the Patriarch Methodius and the other confessors and righteous men, and openly cried out these holy words: "If anyone does not offer relative worship to the holy icons, not adoring them as though they were gods, but venerating them out of love as images of the archetype, let him be anathema." Then with common prayer and fasting during the whole first week of the Forty-day Fast, she asked God's forgiveness for her husband. After this, on the first Sunday of the Fast, she and her son, Michael the Emperor, made a procession with all the clergy and people and restored the holy icons, and again adorned the Church of Christ with them. This is the holy deed that all we the Orthodox commemorate today, and we call this radiant and venerable day the Sunday of Orthodoxy, that is, the triumph of true doctrine over heresy.


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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Ninth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 20:19-31

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, even so I send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in His side, I will not believe." Eight days later, His disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see My hands; and put out your hand, and place it in My side; do not be faithless, but believing." Thomas answered Him, "My Lord and My God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen Me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing, you may have life in His name.


Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Fourth Tone. Daniel 3.26,27.
Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers.
Verse: For you are just in all you have done.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:24-26, 32-40.

Brethren, by faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He considered abuse suffered for the Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he looked to the reward.

And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets -- who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, received promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign enemies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, ill-treated -- of whom the world was not worthy -- wandering over deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had foreseen something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.


Gospel Reading

Sunday of Orthodoxy
The Reading is from John 1:43-51

At that time, Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael, and he said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!" Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these." And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."


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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sunday, March 24, 2024 

Officiating: Fr. Michael Pallad

8:45 am Matins Service 

10:00 am  Divine Liturgy

Epistle: Hebrews 11:24-26, 32-40

Gospel: St John 1:43-51

 
Please join us for coffee and Lenten friendly foods in the Fellowship Room following the Divine Liturgy.
6:00 pm: Lenten Vespers at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, Phoenix
 
 Monday, March 25, 2024
9:00 am: Divine Liturgy - Annunciation of the Theotokos
 
 Tuesday, March 26, 2024
7:00 pm: Lenten Compline Service
7:30 pm: Journey to Fullness
 
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
5:00 pm: Pre-Sanctified Divine Liturgy followed by Lenten Dinner
 
Thursday, March 28, 2024
10:00 am: Bible Study 
 
Friday, March 29, 2024
7:00 pm: Akathist Hymn, 2nd stanza
 
Saturday, March 30, 2024 
8:00 am: Phoenix-area Young Adults Lenten Retreat
Holy Trinity Cathedral (602-264-7863)
 
DINE AND DANCE UNDER THE STARS!
Keep the day open!
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Catered Dinner, Music and Dancing
5 pm to 9 pm
By Reservation Only:
Tickets
Adults: $75
Children under 12:  $50
More information soon to follow.
 
Sunday Coffee Hour Hosts

Please see Anna Kinniburgh or sign up for a Sunday on the bulletin board outside the kitchen entrance.

PLEASE REMEMBER AT THIS EASTER SEASON TO REMEMBER THOSE LESS FORTUNATE. PLEASE DONATE CANNED FOOD AND NON PARISHABLES.

 

Food Bank 
Please help those in Need and donate!
 
 
 Orthodox Cross - Cliparts.co
 
 
     You can mail or donate online to:

http://www.stharalambos.org/donations.htm

 The Office is OPEN Monday through Friday

    Office hours M-F 10:00 am - 2:00 pm 

For clergy emergencies, you can contact Fr. Michael at frmichael@stharalambosaz.com

 

                                                                                

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